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Armoni, Michal; Gal-Ezer, Judith – Computer Science Education, 2014
The gap between enrollments in higher education computing programs and the high-tech industry's demands is widely reported, and is especially prominent for women. Increasing the availability of computer science education in high school is one of the strategies suggested in order to address this gap. We look at the connection between exposure to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Computer Science Education, High School Students, College Preparation
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Gal-Ezer, Judith; Vilner, Tamar; Zur, Ela – Computer Science Education, 2008
Computer science is possibly one of the few remaining disciplines almost entirely dominated by men, especially university staff and in the hi-tech industries. This phenomenon prevails throughout the western world; in Israel it starts in high school, where only 30% of students who choose to take computer science as an elective are women, and…
Descriptors: Open Universities, Science Achievement, Females, Computer Science Education